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Walter Pidgeon

1897 - 1984

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Walter Davis Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 – September 25, 1984) was a Canadian-American actor. A major leading man during the Golden Age of Hollywood, known for his "portrayals of men who prove both sturdy and wise," Pidgeon earned two Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, for his roles in Mrs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Pidgeon has received more than 2,012,938 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Walter Pidgeon is the 2,289th most popular actor (down from 2,169th in 2019), the 171st most popular biography from Canada (up from 174th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Canadian Actor.

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  • 4.32

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Walter Pidgeon ranks 2,289 out of 9,996Before him are Kaspar Capparoni, Jean Yanne, Rita Wilson, Hayden Christensen, Madge Sinclair, and Lauren Graham. After him are Jason Priestley, Murray Head, Peter Strauss, Alfred Abel, David Boreanaz, and Alexandra Daddario.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Walter Pidgeon ranks 149Before him are Husni al-Za'im, Manlio Brosio, Paul Gallico, Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, and Zhang Guotao. After him are Paul Ben-Haim, Levon Mirzoyan, Marion Davies, Lampião, Dirk Stikker, and Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky. Among people deceased in 1984, Walter Pidgeon ranks 103Before him are Richard E. Bellman, Ernesto Mascheroni, Trygve Bratteli, Big Mama Thornton, Adam Malik, and Ansel Adams. After him are Manuel Fleitas Solich, Paul Ben-Haim, Uwe Johnson, Toni Turek, William Powell, and J. B. Priestley.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Walter Pidgeon ranks 171 out of 1,350Before him are James Gosling (1955), Maud Menten (1879), Neve Campbell (1973), Robert Langlands (1936), Roger Spottiswoode (1945), and Hayden Christensen (1981). After him are Jason Priestley (1969), Tommy Chong (1938), Jean-Marc Vallée (1963), Phil Esposito (1942), William H. McNeill (1917), and Hubert Reeves (1932).

Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Walter Pidgeon ranks 53Before him are James Doohan (1920), Cobie Smulders (1982), John Ireland (1914), Elisha Cuthbert (1982), Neve Campbell (1973), and Hayden Christensen (1981). After him are Jason Priestley (1969), Tommy Chong (1938), Alan Thicke (1947), Sandra Oh (1971), Ann Rutherford (1917), and Oliver Platt (1960).

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